Originally Posted by
guv1976
US Air regularly flew ITH-ELM and ELM-ITH with DC-9's and 737's in the 1970's and 1980's. Thirty-two miles, according to the Great Circle Mapper. These flights were sometimes part of a PIT-ELM-ITH-PIT, or PIT-ITH-ELM-PIT flight.
That still existed into the 90s with DC-9s. I don't think we got above 10,000 on the ELM-ITH segment.